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HIV/AIDS in India
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Did you know that families in India "often disown their HIV-positive family members"? Or that children with AIDS could be kicked out of schools and/or orphanages? Or that people may be denied housing by landlords if they have AIDS?

"India has the world's highest national HIV/AIDS caseload with 5.7 million infected people. Although the country reported its first case over 20 years ago, many sufferers still face acute stigma due to a lack of awareness and misconceptions about the disease."

Read more about this crisis at http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=DEL169789&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-3.

May 4, 2007 | 10:24 PM Comments  0 comments

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